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Hi. I notice that our article about Leo Wanta needs fixing again, but I'm too busy to tackle it myself. You were the last registered user to edit it. Would you be able to organize a rescue effort? Thanks, CWC 00:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

From Fizzyskull[edit]

Hey demon, I'm new and unexperienced at this wiki editing thing (in fact, I don't even think I'm doing this right!),but I am posting this as a question. I would seriously like to know why you deleted my page on Clyde Thomas Crowder jr? I know that it seemed fairly normal, and I should have waited till I had finished the page, but I had needed more exact facts and needed to finish it completely. I was planning to add to it and edit it for the rest of the year so that maybe by the end I would have had a impressive page. I do not want to start a quarrel, and I guess you don't see it from my perspective, but I think that this man was quite impressive. I just wanted to get all the facts. It took quite a bit of digging to find these facts about him, and to get all of them, I thought would be impressive! (that's why his birthwieght was on their!). I guess I should add to it off the Wikipedia site and add it when it's better, but that's against the point. Wikipedia is supposed to be about everything and anything. Well, I will add to it and touch it up, and when it's ready, I'll post it.

P.S. Your comment for deleting Tom Crowder was because he was normal without his military qualifications. 1. Without her books, JK Rowling is a normal lady. 2. Even without his military qualifications, he is leader of Ajilon Managed Services, nominated in Getronics for an award that others wouldn't have a chance at, owned his own buisness and is constantly being awarded and told that he is a model worker, always making things better than expected! That in my opinion is not normal for a pre-poor farm boy who couldn't afford University, so joined the military.

I just deleted the expired WP:PROD. User:DOSGuy is the person who tagged it for deletion, perhaps you could ask him.

Re:Your notice[edit]

Well, it's unfortunate to see you drop some parts of your wikilife, but I applaud your wish to get back to editing. I had a similar issue a while ago, and I realized editing >> wikidrama. It makes Wikipedia fun again. :) Nishkid64 (talk) 18:36, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the support. I think it will be better this way. ^demon[omg plz] 20:07, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your CSD reason thing[edit]

Could you please restore it, or if nothing else, can I restore it to my userspace? Thanks, Kwsn (Ni!) 19:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead, it's still at User:^demon/csd.js. Just copy the last revision before I blanked it. I figured it was useless, given the existence of MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown. ^demon[omg plz] 20:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not useless. I like yours better than the new thing. I'd like to go on using yours, too. :) (Adding) I can copy it (at least that sounds easy), but I bet we're not the only ones. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:07, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're more than welcome to, just copy+paste the whole thing into your Monobook.js and you should be good to go. ^demon[omg plz] 20:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. It seems to be working. I like how customizable it is. :) You've made it so easy to tweak the language for unusual situations. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:23, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I tried :-) Glad you like it. ^demon[omg plz] 20:25, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's much better than the built in reason too, thanks! Kwsn (Ni!) 21:59, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I much prefer your script to the new default way of doing this. It, in a word, sucks. Good idea, but the execution could be done a lot better... EVula // talk // // 22:56, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I also like your tool better, at least until the dropdown becomes more comprehensive.--Kubigula (talk) 00:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What they said... . Not only is your tool more comprehensive, but I love that it's so easy to customise. – Black Falcon (Talk) 07:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer your script as well, ^demon, and have copied it to a subpage in my user space (User:AuburnPilot/csd.js). Anyone who wants to keep their monobook.js less cluttered is welcome to switch User:^demon/csd.js to User:AuburnPilot/csd.js within their monobook.js and it will continue to work as it previously did. - auburnpilot talk 16:58, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Came here for the same reason as the rest - it's a very handy device, thanks for devising it in the first place and I'm glad it can still "live on". Thanks too to AuburnPilot, for keeping our monobooks uncluttered! BencherliteTalk 21:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Pavlina[edit]

There's a DRV for Steve Pavlina, which you deleted, here. I'm not sure if you've been notified, so I thought I'd drop you a note. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 07:03, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Craig Field[edit]

There was a small article on Craig Field which I had noted needed editing a few months ago . Unfortunately by the time I returned to it the article had been deleted. The log says: 02:45, 1 November 2007 ^demon (Talk | contribs) deleted "Craig Field" ‎ (completely unsourced BLP, notability outside of DUI largely unestablished)

Field was an outstanding rugby league player of the nineties who's career was effectively ended in 2001 by the use of recreational drugs. From memory, the original article focused more on the drugs than on his league talents. I can re-do the article from scratch, but it would be great to be able to reference whatever was already there. Can you access that information at all? Many thanks, ~ Florrie talk 10:17, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to clone this bot, as it was a good bot and it that should be running, but you do not seem wanting to do that, which is okay! Please contact me via my talk page if it is a yes or no. <DREAMAFTER> <TALK> 22:29, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was just an AWB bot which I gave regexes too, nnothing really to clone. ^demon[omg plz] 22:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Which regexes? <DREAMAFTER> <TALK> 22:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wrote each one individually each time I ran the bot. Each template I ran it on was different, so a different regular expression was written. I didn't save them though. Sorry. ^demon[omg plz] 19:09, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, okay. Thanks anyway! <DREAMAFTER> <TALK> 21:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits[edit]

I notice this page was recently deleted. I spent quite some time on this page. I notice that someone else put on the actual rules (the UCP) breaching copyright. However, instead of removing the rules, the entire page was deleted. Could it please be reinstated (without the rules)? It is an article on an important set of rules that governs more than one trillion dollars of trade annually. Alan Davidson (talk) 13:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I am writing to you because your user name appears on the page. Are you the correct person to approach in this regard? If not can you tell me who? Alan Davidson 00:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Forgive me for putting this up again - but I do not have a reply. Could you tell me the answer - or perhaps tell me I am speaking to the wrong person. Alan Davidson (talk) 00:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do not currently have the time to look into this. ^demon[omg plz] 02:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Speedy deletion of User:^demon/news[edit]

A tag has been placed on User:^demon/news requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[Talk:User:^demon/news|the article's talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Docg 17:55, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Uniform Customs and practice for Documentary Credits[edit]

I think it's good practice that admins should be available for reasonable discussion of their actions, so I was disappointed to see the lack of response from you to questions raised by Alan Davidson on your talk page (see User talk:^demon/Archive4#Uniform_Customs_and_Practice_for_Documentary_Credits_2). I understand that you have desysopped yourself, but it would have been good to suggest somewhere else for the querying editor to ask for help.

Anyway, it seems to me that the copyvio issue has easily resolved, so I have reinstated the page and all its history, and then reverted the addition of the copyvio text: see revision history. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:30, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Thank you[edit]

Thank you for the Doran link on your user page. It is priceless ... and alarming. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 21:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. ^demon[omg plz] 00:21, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You![edit]

The TomStar81 Spelling Award
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that 😂 has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page USS Illinois (BB-65), and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 03:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're very welcome, glad I could help. ^demon[omg plz] 04:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

rollback[edit]

This is one admin feature (now live for non-admins WP:ROLL) that should help you in your new goal of focusing on editing, so I restored it to your account. Cheers, NoSeptember 20:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, but please remove it again. I won't be needing it. I'm not reverting vandalism or in an edit war. Additionally, it violates my promise to never have any status on my account except for user. ^demon[omg plz] 23:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Cheers, NoSeptember 23:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

If i were to be able to place the appropriate copyright and fair-use image tags on the images that were deleted from the ACCESS (TV channel) article, would you be willing to undelete them? RingtailedFoxTalkContribs 05:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an administrator, can't undelete. ^demon[omg plz] 17:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Eep. my mistake. i assumed you were since it stated that you were the one that deleted. Sorry to bother you about this, fellow wikipedian :) RingtailedFoxTalkContribs 19:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's fine. I probably /did/ delete them at the time. I resigned my sysop bit a little over a month ago or so. ^demon[omg plz] 20:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. RingtailedFoxTalkContribs 22:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Troubles[edit]

jc37 has requested some help on a recurrent issue, and with your previous involvement with the problem, I was hoping you might help him out. If you didn't have anything to do with this, then my apologies. Octane [improve me] 21.01.08 0853 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure what this is about. ^demon[omg plz] 17:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, my apologies then. I was thinking of who had been involved in this previously, and I recalled your username. Octane [improve me] 22.01.08 1031 (UTC)

You may be interested in Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_January_27. What does CSD C1 mean? This was the edit comment when you deleted category:anti-Islam activists. Andries (talk) 17:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA[edit]

I've added an optional question. Good luck, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 22:21, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Garvey Tabloid stuff[edit]

Thanks, ˆdemon, for deleting the tabloid stuff from the Steve Garvey Article. I realize there are some who will disagree, but we need to take a stand sometimes. When I'm asked how I know it's tabloid stuff, my answer is: "I know it when I smell it :-).

Be healthy,

Marc Riddell

(Michael David (talk) 23:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC))[reply]

{OOps sorry. wrong talk page. too tired. cheers, Dlohcierekim Deleted? 05:11, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are again an administrator[edit]

I have closed your RfA as successful, as I believe that is the correct interpretation of the consensus given all relevant circumstances. I hope you will take on board the concerns raised by opposers and will factor them in when discharging your administrative duties in future. Best wishes, WjBscribe 02:28, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Will. I will do my best not to let the community down and I have taken the comments by the opposers to heart, most certainly. ^demon[omg plz] 02:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations, ^demon, on the outcome of your RfA. I do kindly suggest taking things easy, though. Acalamari 03:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to drop a note to say that despite my comments to WJBscribe, I don't hold a grudge against you, and I'm certainly not seeking to have the decision overturned. At this point I just want some clarity from him for the future. From the tone of my earlier comments, you probably don't think too much of me right now, or even believe that I'm being sincere, and I understand that. I also want to apologize for the comment I made regarding Veropedia, as I do think that's a really valuable project that has done much to help at Wikipedia. I'm not anti-Veropedia, and I think you guys get much unfair criticism; I'm sorry to have added to that. I wish you the best of luck, and hope in time we have the chance to work together on something and bury any remnants of what probably feels like a hatchet. Sincerely, --JayHenry (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! Congratulations, indeed, and welcome back to the mayhem that's adminship :) Good to have you back - Alison 04:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats again, from here, and welcome back! FT2 (Talk | email) 05:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good to have you back onboard. I have no doubt that your work will be appreciated. Regards, Rudget. 13:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to see you were successful. I look forward to working with you again. -JodyB talk 13:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Good to see you back, just take it easy. dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 23:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You deserve it ;) We're lucky to have your services once more. AGK (contact) 22:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, glad to see you back to help! Will you now consider removing the image on your user page, as I personally find it unbecoming of an admin. If you don't want to, that's fine as well. Pedro :  Chat  23:24, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Pedro :  Chat  23:27, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While I !voted oppose, I have a great deal of respect for WJBscribe and will wish you good luck and congratulations regardless! --Kralizec! (talk) 12:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free image work[edit]

You said. "To anyone who says this close will bring problems in the future, could you please discuss said problems with me?" I too think the issue with the close is mainly the precedent it sets for reconfirmation RfAs being different from normal RFAs, but I do have a specific question for you. Could I ask you to clarify what you meant by "If re-approved, I wish to continue my work largely where I left off, in the realm of non-free content.". To that end, you might want to read the thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive127#How to handle the WMF non-free image deadline and the (rather obscure) follow-up by Betacommand at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Betacommand#Random Proposal. Essentially, I am concerned about the timing of someone asking for their bit back to deal with non-free content as this deadline approaches, and I am concerned that some admins who are, shall we say, less enamoured of non-free content, might use the arrival of this deadline as a way to implement new speedy deletion criteria for images (or change existing speedy deletion criteria) without proper discussion. I have been trying for a week to start discussion on this issue, but few people seem to care. If you care, as I presume you do, I would be grateful if you could contribute to, or help start, the discussion, as well as clarifying your position on non-free content and when you would discuss and/or fix a non-free image and its rationale/source/other problem rather than deleting. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 11:37, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

While it is no secret that I am not a fan of non-free content (for ideological reasons, but let's not go there), I was not re-joining in order to "meet the deadline" so to speak. Yes, I am aware of the impending deadline, but I hadn't honestly thought about it in weeks. I had been following some of the threads you mention, but I will certainly look over them in more detail. There are many images who have a perfectly legitimate fair use rationale (not necessarily written, but we have a valid reason to use), and there are many more who do not. The trick is sorting through all of them. ^demon[omg plz] 13:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah. And getting people to avoid imploding over the issues. See WP:AN/B. I still can't believe someone created a shortcut for that page. Can I also ask you, as someone who as far as I know hasn't got involved so far, and whose opinion I respect, whether this is useful discussion or an attack page? The MFD was here and I'm still in a fair amount of shock that redirection and protection was considered suitable. Oh and thanks for the reasoned reply. It is now at DRV, but I don't think many people who participated in the debate are aware of it. Is it acceptable to inform those who took part in the debate? Carcharoth (talk) 13:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
First and foremost, it is /always/ polite to inform xFD participants of a DRV on the same issue. Although, it always helps to get outside opinions too. And I read that page a few days ago...personally, I think it's a thinly-veiled attack on BC. While his work may not enjoy the support of the average uploader (and he gets a fair amount of flak, in addition to constructive criticism), going around and tagging things for cleanup is a necessary task. This page set out to make it look as though BC was acting in bad faith, at least from my perspective. ^demon[omg plz] 13:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. Since you seem more responsive than some of those at the MfD, can I ask you what specific points are attacks? Following discussion with the closing admin, I am considering ressurecting the useful bits, but I can't do that if no-one wants to discuss which bits are useful and which bits are not. I archived the useful bits of here to here, and no-one seems to have objected to that. Doing the same with the main page here will be a real hassle, and I do need some outside opinion first. Would you be prepared to help point out the really bad bits that can be quietly dropped? The whole process of trying to extract the good bits from the bad is incredibly clunky. It would have been better if the whole thing had had an "archive" box slapped on it and it had been left to gather dust, but still visible. Carcharoth (talk) 14:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the "this page in a nutshell" portion gives two issues immediately:
  • BetaCommandBot tagging for NFCC10c is causing repeated issues in AN/ANI/other
  • The issue is with the bot and its NFC10c operation only, not policy
Just comes across as POV to me. I'm a bit busy this morning, so I don't have time to go over it in detail. I'll see if I can find any sections worth keeping and I'll post here then. Have a great day. ^demon[omg plz] 14:32, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Al_Zimmerman[edit]

I was disappointed to see that within 48 hours of regaining your admin status, you sought to delete my article[1] on Al Zimmerman, the Florida Department of Children and Families spokesman who was recently arrested for child pornography. You wrote:

Largely unsourced BLP with questionable notability. I see referenced material, but I do not see an establishment of notability. It leaves me asking "Ok, why is he different from any other criminal?"[2]

Because you did not provide me with an opportunity to respond, I will do so here. The article was not "largely unsourced" and it possessed more than sufficient notability. I believe the reference provided was to a Fox News story (I can no longer see the article), but there are hundreds of solid news stories about Zimmerman and the many scandals he has spawned that can serve as references. A simple note on the discussion page or a tag would have been sufficient and I would have swiftly added more content and references. Zimmerman is different from other alleged criminals because he was a politically appointee in the administration of former Florida governor Jeb Bush, brother of President George W. Bush, and he was appointed on the recommendation of current Florida governor Charlie Crist. Zimmerman is notable as both a former television broadcaster as well as being the public face and spokesman for Florida's Department of Children and Families. He is the centerpiece of burgeoning scandals in the State of Florida that deal with Crist's judgement and relationship to Zimmerman[3] (Crist is frequently mentioned as a possible Vice Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket),[4] political patronage,[5][6] DCF's care of foster children in their custody (one of Zimmerman's alleged victims was in DCF's care),[7] and the lack of criminal background checks on DCF hires.[8] This is the first article that I began as a new wiki editor and your action has really soured me on wikipedia. I have just read your RFA and it is abundantly clear to me that you have not changed your conduct at all[9] or taken any of the advice of your critics.[10] Also, given the politically sensitive nature of Zimmerman's case, I sincerely hope that your deletion was not politically motivated. --MiamiManny (talk) 07:40, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't delete it. Might you check the deletion log and who deleted it? I sought a perfectly valid AfD. ^demon[omg plz] 01:51, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The deletion log lists two admins: you and east718.[11]. It says:

16:54, 24 February 2008 ^demon (Talk | contribs) deleted "Al Zimmerman" ‎ (Oops).
16:53, 24 February 2008 East718 (Talk | contribs) deleted "Al Zimmerman" ‎ (purely negative bio, treat as a blp1e deletion)
I am relatively new to wikipedia, and so I am not sure why you wrote "Oops" or why there are two deletion records from different admins in the log. If this log indicates that you did not delete my article, then I apologize to you. This was my first article and to have a wiki admin suddenly delete it and the accompanying image without the chance to comment or remedy a perceived problem is infuriating. After I pursue the review/complaint process, I am not sure I will stick around. I would much prefer to spend my time editing rather than fighting the abuse of administrator tools. As both an editor and user of wikipedia, I believe wikipedia should err on the side of inclusion and zealous admins should put their efforts into finding ways to include content rather than seeking ways to delete it. P.S. If you can restore my article and image, without the hassle of reviewing, appealing, complaining, etc., I would appreciate it.--MiamiManny (talk) 04:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The reason my name showed up in the log there was because my AFD nom conflicted with east718's deletion of the page. We ended up with a single revision with /only/ my AFD nom on it, so I removed that after I saw east718 had removed the article. ^demon[omg plz] 04:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA[edit]

Even though it's now a moot point, I realize I was wrong for opposing your RfA and I am very happy that it passed. I wish you luck with the mop. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the Dishpan!) 14:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your words of support. :-) ^demon[omg plz] 08:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Garvey again[edit]

Thought you might be interested in this. The first editor there is someone I've had run-ins with before on completely unrelated articles. POV warrior that may need some special attention. (I had tagged this article a long time ago and the next couple edits remove the nonsense). —Wknight94 (talk) 17:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup on May 17th[edit]

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 18:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DC Meetup on May 17th[edit]

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re-review Deletion of Category:Wikipedians by fraternity and sorority and all subcats[edit]

I would like to request that you re-review the deletion of Wikipedians by fraternity and sorority in light of both Wikipedians by high school and Wikipedians by alma mater. I bring this up in light of #1 and #3 of the process of challenging deletion debates on Wikipedia:Deletion_review. Particularly, I would like to highlight the following bullets:

  • Strong Delete (Wikipedians by high school) - As those who've seen my comments in previous discussions involving these categories may remember, I oppose these alma mater categories. While college or university attended may possibly be notable (especially considering possible degrees), general education attendance doesn't seem useful to me, and seems to be more of "chat room" or even of the oft-exampled "myspace", in utility.
  • Delete all (Wikipedians by high school) - per above. Categorizing by high school attended does not help Wikipedia, unilike categorizing by college attended, which has much more potential to be collaborative.
  • Keep. (Wikipedians by alma mater) Serves an obvious collaborative purpose of connecting people who went to the same school. On top of that, there's the less legalistic and more realistic concern that people might just be interested in organizing categories like this on Wikipedia.
  • Strong Keep (Wikipedians by alma mater) Bona fide collaborative potential (as per RockMFRM and Mike Selinker) should trump WP:NOT#SOCIALNET. WP:NOT#SOCIALNET should only be invoked in the absence of any real potential for collaboration, which is obviously not the case here.
  • Keep (Wikipedians by alma mater) - many people identify more with their alma mater than with the city or state they are currently living in. Unless you propose to delete ALL "Wikipedian by X" categories, I can't see jettisoning this one.

Specifically, I would like to throw out these points about fraternities and sororities as points which were not brought up when this debate was taking place:

  • Many fraternities and sororities are deeply established and have histories nearly as long as universities.
  • Members of fraternal organizations have significantly deeper understandings of their organizations histories which are, to a lesser or greater extent, less easily accessible to people outside the organization, and organizing members within fraternal organizations for collaboration would prove significant in developing encyclopedic entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasamassen (talkcontribs) 16:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Though social network potential does exist, but collaboration potential is greater and more necessary to form the articles of these organizations. This is because fraternities and sororities are more spatially spread out, making histories and other encyclopedic information harder to develop. This includes establishing significant events within the history of the organization as well a establishing such things as lists of significant members of the organization. This is especially true for those organizations whose histories are currently lost or fragmented because of poor organization at points during their histories (such as during the Great Depression for many United States fraternal organizations).
  • Due to the significance fraternal organizations have played in the history of the United States (for example, all but three US Presidents have been members of fraternal organizations and such random facts such as the arrows on Wrigley's gum come from Pi Beta Phi, the sorority Wrigley's wife belonged to) and the significant number of people who are members of fraternal organizations, the organizational argument becomes stronger both in the potential to organize a significant number of people and the need to organize people to develop the articles about organizes which do have significant roles in the history of the United States and possibly other countries.

Thanks for considering opening this debate back up. Rasamassen (talk) 16:11, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just for my own clarification, are you asking it to be reopened to potentially delete? The by-High School and by-Fraternity ones were deleted, but the by-Alma-mater ones were not. Just a bit confused. ^demon[omg plz] 17:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am asking to reopen the by-Fraternity ones for discussion. Rasamassen (talk) 17:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are more than welcome to list it at WP:DRV, but I'd rather not bring it up again myself. ^demon[omg plz] 12:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please restore image[edit]

Hello - I specifically asked for an image not to be deleted and asked once for it to be restored, but it seems someone asked you to go ahead and delete it again. Can you please restore Image:Cityrailsign.png as I had it before? JRG (talk) 23:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that. Seems like someone already restored it. ^demon[omg plz] 14:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interviewed?[edit]

A 19-year-old named Chad Horohoe was interviewed for an LA Times article. [12] Now that I'm paging through deleted revisions, it seems to all click (Virginia, being 18 as of April 2007), but I'd just like confirmation anyway: are you Chad Horohoe? hbdragon88 (talk) 00:34, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Not my first WP-related interview either. See here, for some more. ^demon[omg plz] 14:21, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry lot...[edit]

Dear Mr Calton:

I'm sorry lot, I did not know that could not do that. The only reason that I have for redirect to my user page, it is because of the accent that bears my name Díaz. Because my user page was created without the accent, according to British standards, ie, Diaz. So, I thought that it was possible to make a redirection to my user page, which it is my real name of author, and which is not a nickname or alias. Georgeos Diaz-Montexano is the same which Georgeos Díaz-Montexano. If someone had written a page in Wikipedia about myself, studies, CV, investigations and discoveries, etc., and had appointed the page with my real name, Georgeos Díaz-Montexano, then I suppose that this problem would not exist. In any case, if you believe appropriate eliminate the redirect from the page Georgeos Díaz-Montexano to my user page Georgeos Diaz-Montexano, I accept with great respect your decision. My intentions are to collaborate in harmonious manner, peacefully and without conflict of any kind. I do not want to be a nuisance to anybody. I am very grateful for your notice, and suggestions. Kind regards, --Georgeos Díaz-Montexano (talk) 03:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking the time to write to me. As a general rule, we do not redirect the main namespace to the user namespace. This is done in order to prevent confusion of our end users, who might think they are reading a biography when they're in fact at a user's page. I hope you'll understand (and maybe you could ask for some help over at WP:CHU, they might be able to help you change your username to have the accent like you want :-) Have a great day. ^demon[omg plz] 14:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Inappropriate Deletion of Wakfu[edit]

Speedy deletion of Wakfu was not appropriate under CSD G4 for the following three reasons. First, I wrote it entirely from scratch, thus it was not a copy of previously deleted material. Second, the new version addressed every single concern underlying previous deletions. Third, CSD G4 applies only to articles deleted by discussion, not to speedy deletions. Kindly restore the article at your earliest convenience. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 11:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Much thanks! Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 14:27, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. ^demon[omg plz] 14:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi![edit]

I don't understand why some misspelled Talk pages are valid and others are not... Regards. --Damifb (talk) 18:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If I deleted any of those, I apologize. Redirects from misspellings are perfectly acceptable. ^demon[omg plz] 19:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But I'm talking about redirections for talk pages, not for articles. For example, you just deleted Talk:Julio Cesar Green.

--Damifb (talk) 20:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Typically, the article is only redirected. Sometimes people redirect the talk pages too. Doesn't really hurt anything though. ^demon[omg plz] 14:29, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok Then!--Damifb (talk) 19:58, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Szabo[edit]

Please put the article back, if you want to try to build a consensus that is fine. There was a reference in the article, so don't just delete articles. Chessy999 (talk) 20:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There was no source. There was a single external link to this, which isn't a source. ^demon[omg plz] 14:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is a source did you see the name at the end the company name at the top ? Chessy999 (talk) 00:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just because it's from the company doesn't make it a source. How does this page show that Szabo is notable? ^demon[omg plz] 11:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spill.com article[edit]

Hey there. Just saw that you deleated the Spill.com article. I just wondered why. I mean, I understand wikipedia's policy is pretty tight on websites and stuff, but I thought that it is owned by a pretty big company and it does have quite a lot of members... Also, I don't work for spill.com or anything, just if you were wondering =p Oh and also, please don't delete my account. I really do love wikipedia and will edit something if an article isn't up to date or whatever, I just thought it could be a valid article. Anyway, you're proberly right, but hey, whatever. Thanks, David Black Mesa (talk) 18:06, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The way the article was written, there was no content and it was basically a 1 sentence ad for them. An article /might/ be worthy of inclusion, but what was there was not. ^demon[omg plz] 18:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dragonixta[edit]

Charlie Benton (Writer/ Author)

I think you got my page deleted, could i please have an answer?

The article that was written had almost no content. It had about 3 sentences talking about him (none of which explained why he was notable). It also mentioned contacting him and had an e-mail address, both of which are non-encyclopedic things. ^demon[omg plz] 18:09, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kicking your ass ;-)[edit]

Wikipedia:Kick the ass of anyone who renominates GNAA for deletion before 2007 is a historic policy page, that should in fact remain in the historic record. (For one, I need it to explain one particular block in my block log. Currently I noticed it was gone when I tried to link to it in a current MFD kerfluffle) . As you deleted it in 2007, strictly speaking, I have no right to kick your ass (either directly or obliquely), but would you please undelete it without that threat anyway? :-P Thanks for your time.

--Kim Bruning (talk) 19:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC) ps. no I won't take this to DRV, that page has had enough DRV scars as is. (it was part of a weird WP:POINT VFD/DRV recursion situation which several bureaucratically minded wikipedians allowed to come into existence. I ended up enforcing the policy while the page was deleted. Great fun to talk about years later :-P, not so much at the time )[reply]

 Done ^demon[omg plz] 14:32, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 19:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please restore the article. Why have you deleted it? The film was already released. I will clean it up. ShahidTalk2me 18:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can restore it, but the copyvio (which is why it was deleted, not as spam. I clicked the wrong button) needs to remain out. ^demon[omg plz] 20:18, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem friend. Just restore it. Thanks, ShahidTalk2me 16:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
 Done ^demon[omg plz] 17:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darren M Jackson[edit]

I have added web content and external references to verify notable, used reliable sources, show this fighter is pro, please reply thanks. Diamonddannyboy (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Meet criteria of notabilty under WP:ATHLETE. Thank you. Diamonddannyboy (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 19:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Wagner Logic[edit]

Why was it deleted? I had just started working on it.... It wasn't done yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spearchuck (talkcontribs) 21:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was written like an ad for the band, and did not show how the band is notable. ^demon[omg plz] 03:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

User:PGP[edit]

Are you going to manually add the category back to the people from whom it was removed, or at least inform them that the list of users with more than a passing familiarity with PGP and GPG has been eliminated? This one is a little more relevant than most since Category:Wikipedians who use PGP is also a, perhaps more robust, version of committed identities, so in this case, I think this needs to be an exception to the no-automatic rule. -- Avi (talk) 07:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention that if you want to be consistent, you need to remove the admin cat from {{administrator}} which I personally think would be the wrong thing to do :) -- Avi (talk) 07:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've dropped a slightly more detailed rationale on the template talk page, perhaps we should continue there if you still believe the auto-cat is an issue. -- Avi (talk) 07:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

removal of A-star trips[edit]

Hi, I was wondering why you removed A-star trips. It is a company name etc. etc., but the importance should be clear: for 8 years people have been ripped of by this scam. I would say this would qualify as significant enough.

In any case, I don't see how keeping the page would hurt wikipedia.

Sincerely,

Joost van der Mandele

Please see our guidelines for notability. ^demon[omg plz] 12:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:PJSta1.JPG‎ & Image:PJSta2.JPG‎[edit]

Actually, these two are in the commons. The difference between these and the version in the commons, are that the ones in the commons have lower-case letters. ----DanTD (talk) 23:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, didn't think of that. They need to be tagged with the alternate name then, so they get categorized properly. I was looking at the "With same name." ^demon[omg plz] 01:30, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removing instance of image HeaderV2 04.jpg that has been speedily deleted per (CSD I4)[edit]

You did a speedy delete of this image under the guidelines that a soruces wasn't specified. However, it was specified that the image came from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration‎ Department of Communication. This is a U.S. federal property, and therefore free-domain. The link to the image as host by the federal agency: http://www.samhsa.gov/images/header2006/headerV2_04.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amiaheroyet (talkcontribs) 19:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. My mistake, and I apologize. I must've not seen that URL on the page either, it's been a busy week :(. I've also tagged it with {{commons ok}}, so it can be moved there and be utilized across projects. ^demon[omg plz] 02:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello![edit]

I would like to know WHY my articles on Space Impact Kappa Base, Block Breaker: Deluxe and Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep were deleted DESPITE me rewriting all of the added Features using my own words?? Did you even bother checking the content first? Because I had one more article with the same "problem" and it obviously turned out fine once I made the change - seeing as how the user Dweller removed the copyvio-tag and left that one intact.

If there was still something wrong about the articles - then DO point out WHAT so that I can take further actions as I now try to recover them... —Preceding unsigned comment added by ConraDargo (talkcontribs) 20:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright is more than just the exact words being used. If we just took other sources and rewrote their material in our own words, it would still be a copyright issue. You need to compose neutral and non-advertising type language that is backed up (but not merely rewritten from) reliable independent 3rd party sources. ^demon[omg plz] 02:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting images[edit]

You have recently deleted some photos from aircraft articles on the basis of no fair use justification. While I accept that policy demands that fair use images need a proper justification, no warning was provided on the articles talk page before they were deleted - if this was done then it may have been possible for someone to provide a proper fair use justification (or even a free license) before the image needed to be deleted. I know the image uploader normally gets notified of impending image deletion, but he or she may not be active and may not be the best person to give a proper justification or better license. Notifying the talk pages of the articles that use the images could be helpful here.Nigel Ish (talk) 09:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand where you're coming from on that. I must admit, I do not always check behind to ensure proper notification is given (it is so often, I get lazy and forget to check sometimes). Notifying the talk pages is more likely to garner the correct response, as opposed to an editor who might've left. ^demon[omg plz] 16:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Of course what would really be handy would be some notification on the article's talk pages of problems with Commons Images before they just disappear. Nigel Ish (talk) 18:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wish there was greater inter-project communication so things like that wouldn't happen. But what can you do? ^demon[omg plz] 23:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Followup on deletion of "Object-oriented magick"[edit]

Hi, ^demon. When you deleted Object-oriented magic, you may have missed that there was a second identical article at Object-Oriented_Magick. User:IceCreamAntisocial had requested that both be considered together. Thanks! Justin Eiler (talk) 22:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Missed that, sorry. Done now. ^demon[omg plz] 11:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Template:Categorization progress/Part1 requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.

If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes (<noinclude>{{transclusionless}}</noinclude>).

Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 21:15, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion.[edit]

Hello Demon, I've chosen you on the list of administrator's because I liked your username best. It wasn't bubbly and bubbly is totally not my thing. Anyway, my article was deleted and I would like to to be reinstated. My article was about my website XOParrots.com The website is very popular, we have thousands of members and we are a very large organization. We have ties to most bird communities around the world, we have even rescued birds in the name of the website. We are here to teach others about parrot ownership and we help people daily.

Lexhatesyou (talk) 08:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the link to the deleted article. Hopefully ^demon sees this shortly. Enigma message 08:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, valid speedy deletion. ^demon[omg plz] 11:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awarding Barnstar[edit]

The Barnstar of Good Humor
Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 14:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NP Watcher[edit]

Hi, can you check my request to use NP Watcher? It'll make my life patrolling the new-pages easier. Fattyjwoods (Push my button) 04:25, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

my computer started deleating stuff[edit]

I turned on my lap one day and it was deleating stuff really fast and one of those things was my logon page now when i try to get on my computer it just says the policy client service failed. the log on access is denied. whats going on did my computer crash I havent used a computer long enough to know much about them —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.161.66.167 (talk) 19:15, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Fox[edit]

Once again, the interests of the deletionists have prevailed over the interests of the readers. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 17:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Myst-related articles[edit]

Hey there. I'm going to begin working on cleaning up all of the pages related to the Myst franchise. There are several redlinks to deleted pages in these articles, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind retrieving the text that was in these deleted articles so that I might salvage what I can and incorporate it into the existing articles.

Pages that were deleted (that I have found so far):

If you'd like to just place the text anywhere just let me know where it is. Alternately, you can place the text on separate subpages on my Userpage:

If you cannot do this action without undeleting the page, please let me know so that we can set something up. Also, please let me know if you are unable to do this.

Thank you! -- OranL (talk) 01:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No time to look into this at the moment, sorry. Try WP:AN? ^demon[omg plz] 18:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for this link!! I will put in a request here. I probably should have investigated a little further before just giving to you...
Thanks again! -- OranL (talk) 20:43, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion?[edit]

Should this be deleted? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_SRS/Secret_Page --What does this button do? (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Those secret pages are silly and should probably all go. Not worth the effort to do so though. ^demon[omg plz] 18:12, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion Review for Releeshahn[edit]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Releeshahn. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- OranL (talk) 16:48, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion Review for Garternay[edit]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Garternay. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- OranL (talk) 16:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi![edit]

I just wanted to ask if you could add "gallon man day" to the list of holidays tomorrow on the main page because it's for math class extra credit. It's also my job in math for the day.

Spockezri (talk) 20:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider joining the working group for the WMF DC Chapter[edit]

Please consider joining the working group for the WMF DC chapter. Since we have a very active and very community oriented DC/MD/VA area group of Wikipedians, it only makes sense to develop it as a chapter, especially given the recent changes to the Board of Trustees structure, giving chapters more of a vote. Hopefully we will be either the first or the second officially recognized US Chapter (WMF Pennsylvania is pending as well), and hopefully our efforts will benefit WMF Penn as well. Remember, it's a working group, and this is a wiki, so feel free to offer changes, make bold changes to the group, and discuss on the talk page! I hope to see you there, as well as Wikimeetup DC 4 if you're attending. SWATJester Son of the Defender 16:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The image here: [13] (Image:$05.JPG) is not on commons unless i cannot find it. Can I have the source information so that I may upload it there? DragonFire1024 (talk) 01:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Here it was, deleted a few months after I cleaned up our local copy. I've restored the enwiki one for you. ^demon[omg plz] 11:39, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Category:Military Insignia images needing copyright status check, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Category:Military Insignia images needing copyright status check is used solely by a template that has been deleted (CSD C3).

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Category:Military Insignia images needing copyright status check, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here CSDWarnBot (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dont worry, the Hang on template does not work, and as I can see from the link, it didnt work in your case either. Great Buracracy your a part of here. 71.193.2.115 (talk) 11:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rogue Screen shot[edit]

I uploaded the Rogue Screen shot, and added copyright information. I released using the GFDL. All the images on the Rogue page, were given the same liscense, albet as flawed as it is, but you deleted only two out of three.

What Do I need to add to to liscence of these images to keep them up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.2.115 (talk) 10:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC) 71.193.2.115 (talk) 11:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok More of the same...[edit]

Again... Rogue (Computer game) screen shots.

Apparently, they were uploaded, with out the proper copyrights. There was a warning that appeared, so the copyrights were added in accordance with the policy, but it true bureaucratic fasion, the whole automated process deleted the images WITHOUT CHECKING IF THE COPYRIGHTS were in place, if they were proper or were in place. ( Funny how I just basically copied the form of them off the image at the top of the currents page )

Also funny, how after two weeks, the ability to upload to wikicommons still has not been granted...

Then after the images were deleted, the links were deleted. Good job. Look for some credit in the re-uloaded images...::))

I hope the next seagull was eating mullberries... 71.193.2.115 (talk) 11:25, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject[edit]

Hi, I suppose you get alot of questions about projects, but I was wondering, what about a welcome project? A project that welcomes new users to Wikipedia and gets them started, I thought it might be a good idea. RedXII (talk) 13:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious image deletion[edit]

Why was this image deleted when it was simply a crop of this image which is public domain? I'm pretty sure I wrote that on the description page, but if not, can it be restored? Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 20:51, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me, but are you ever going to reply to this? Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 17:09, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Restored it awhile ago. Sorry. ^demon[omg plz] 17:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry. I just assumed because you didn't reply and it didn't reappear on the article page it hadnt been. Thanks, Asdfasdf1231234 (talk) 17:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:The Simpsons Opening Credits Circus Couch Gag.ogg. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Adammw (talk) 13:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Image:The Simpsons Movie Opening Credits.ogg. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Adammw (talk) 13:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is this right?!?[edit]

Am I reading this correctly? If I am.. this is one of the most worrying things I've ever seen any admin say. I've concluded lately that those supporting Betacommand regardless of circumstances are actually a bigger part of the problem than BC himself. Beta is (I assume) a kid who doesn't know any better. His behavior continues to be so unreasonable that I can only assume he keeps it up because he has some crowd of supporters somewhere, cheering him on. I blame this crowd of supporters for the huge role they play in this problem. They need to stop. You are declaring yourself one of them, even to the point of intending to unblock him regardless of circumstances?!? Beta has been a continuous problem for way too long, and if it weren't for people unblocking him, this problem could, just maybe, have been solved long ago. This declaration of intent to interfere with anyone attempting to solve this problem just baffles me. Am I missing something? Friday (talk) 15:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I feel that the good he does greatly outweighs the bad. Playing nice all the time gets old, and I'd rather someone tell me to fuck off than sit there and pretend to like me. ^demon[omg plz] 15:09, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Friday please remember what happens when you AssUMe. Im probably older than you. I have found the best method for working is to make myself perfectly clear. Hand holding and codling are very ineffective in most cases. Being frank and making my point clearly is more effective than not. people clearly stating the facts and calling spades spades results 98% of the time in clearer communication. βcommand 2 15:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've never known you to make yourself clear. Indeed, some of the findings in one of your arbcom cases involved your repeatedly poor communication. Do you really not see that this is a problem? Friday (talk) 15:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You really do? Man, I just don't see it. Of course, I know Beta only from what he does on the Wiki. Do you know him from somewhere else? I'm no fan of simpering insincerity masquerading as civility either, but being "nice" is not my problem with Beta. You simply cannot collaborate with him- his communication skills are terrible. This is a collaborative project, and he's fundamentally incapable of collaborating. He does unreasonable things way too frequently and no amount of people saying "please cut that out" has had any effect. Editors are like bees- a single one is (usually) fairly insignificant. Where you see good work, I see him poisoning the hive. What is it that he does that you consider so useful? What would it take to get you to step back from the situation and stop promising to interfere? Friday (talk) 15:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Friday have you ever nicely approached me with a request for assistance? a always seem to see hostility from you. βcommand 2 15:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I presented evidence on this long ago- see Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Betacommand/Evidence#Evidence_presented_by_Friday. Since then, I've mostly given up trying to talk to you. I see that others have sometimes tried, and I don't see that they get any different results than I got. I don't have specific earlier examples handy, but the reason I gave the evidence I did was that by that time, I recognized this as a recurring problem, rather than just an isolated incident. Friday (talk) 15:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I regularly help a large number of users, User talk:Betacommand/20080501#POV search is one example. βcommand 2 15:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just looked at the diffs you mention. I do not see a failure to communicate. I see several questions asked, and perfectly legitimate answers. If you don't find his answers (or anyone's) to your questions good enough, well then that's your own problem. ^demon[omg plz] 15:36, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
or ask for clarifacion. βcommand 2 15:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

image you deleted[edit]

a while ago you deleted Image:Honor_deo.jpg

is it ok if it is uploaded again on the same basis/rationale with which Image:MarlboroughCollege-Arms.jpg is retained?

Philc 0780 19:15, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


Image deletion: Empower plug[edit]

Hi, today you deleted Image:Empower plug.jpg on the basis of a lack of licensing information. I took and uploaded that image. I wish that you had left me a message at the beginning of the seven days, but what's done is done. I would like to reupload the image, this time with the appropriate licensing info. Do you object? Also, as an admin, can you look into the history of the Empower page and tell me what happened to it? I would prefer if you replied on my talk page. Thank you! Phasmatisnox (talk) 01:27, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for an image from a deleted article[edit]

Hi there. I am aware you deleted Diplomatic missions of Gibraltar a day ago. The article contained an image which I am now trying to locate for future reference without much luck. Would it be at all possible for you to help me locate that image? Thanks in advance, --Gibmetal 77talk 15:47, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SBL function expansion[edit]

Thank you so much! :D ~Kylu (u|t) 01:33, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome :-) ^demon[omg plz] 12:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have an ETA on when the logs will be scanned? Specifically the move log? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:22, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated vandalism by anonymous user 41.208.48.1[edit]

Hi,

I need your help. If you would be so kind as to look at the edit history of Darren "Whackhead" Simpson, you will see repeated edits by the above user, reverted by myself. This user has done nothing but vandalise that article and many others. If you will then look at that user's talk page, you'll see a request by me to stop vandalising that article, for which I received no response. There are also numerous warnings about vandalising other pages.

Is there anything at all that can be done about this?

--GrahamDo (talk) 11:01, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You semi-protected [14] this article on 22 August 2007, citing IP vandalism, BLP problems, and OTRS ticket 1053945. An IP editor, who to my eyes looks to be on a stable IP, has asked John Carter to unprotect. It has been almost a year, but given the OTRS ticket, I don't know if there might be greater concerns than those merely visible in the article history. The page logs show a move vandalism since your semi-protection, and significant edit warring and disputes. So I don't know if the semi-protection is accomplishing anything either. GRBerry 14:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh wow that was awhile ago, I had completely forgotten about that. I'm not on OTRS anymore, so I can't read the ticket, but it was an issue with IP users primarily (at the time), so a full protection wasn't warranted. Do whatever you think is best :-) ^demon[omg plz] 14:14, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've looked at the ticket and decided to unprotect the article. The vandalism complained to at OTRS seems to have come from an individual or small group of individuals, they may have lost interest and moved on in nearly a year. I've watchlisted it and will protect again if heavy vandalism resumes or there are further BLP violations inserted. WjBscribe 14:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unified user ID[edit]

My user ID is 1482496 but surely your number (326) is related to the unified log in. How would I go about finding ID relevant to my account? Cheers, James086Talk | Email 13:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just passing by, hope ^demon won't mind my answering this one... It's 139 according to the list of unified accounts. WjBscribe 14:36, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Wow I must have seen the notice that it was live really early. James086Talk | Email 14:45, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Probably. The alternative way to end up with a low number is if someone with that ID had their global account deleted - i.e. so they could be renamed locally before bug 13507 was fixed. When that happens, I believe the ID number the now deleted account had is allocated to the next user who unifies their login. WjBscribe 15:00, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That would be odd, I assumed it was an autoincrement column, but I could be very wrong here. In any case, thanks for answering (I couldn't remember the /ca.php part). ^demon[omg plz] 15:29, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually on reflection I may be mistaken - there seem to be missing numbers on the list, which suggests that the IDs of deleted accounts are not reassigned. WjBscribe 01:32, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A Concern About the Cyndi Lauper article on Wikipedia[edit]

Hello ^demon

I have been a user on Wikipedia for quite some time. I enjoy editing here and creating articles when I have the chance.

But I would like to bring up something regarding the Cyndi Lauper article.

When I clicked on her name from another article on the site, I saw that there was the "silver lock" symbolizing "semi-protected" status and that it was indefinite. But before I signed in, I saw that the "edit this page" title was still there where anonymous users could still edit the page with no problems.

Was this just instilled recently? Do any of the administrators, including yourself, know anything about this? I also left this as a topic on the articles discussion page.

Again, this is simply a concern and I thought that since you were an administrator, I thought that I would bring this to your attention. Thanks in advance for any answers. Frschoonover (talk) 15:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

{{sprotect2}} was needlessly left on the page after expiration. I've removed it ^demon[omg plz] 21:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Allegations of apartheid deletion notification[edit]

Some time ago, you participated in a deletion discussion concerning Allegations of Chinese apartheid. I thought you might like to know that the parent article, Allegations of apartheid, was recently nominated for deletion. Given that many of the issues that have been raised are essentially the same as those on the article on which you commented earlier, you may have a view on whether Allegations of apartheid should be kept or deleted. If you wish to contribute to the discussion, please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of apartheid (fifth nomination). -- ChrisO (talk) 17:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you[edit]

It's nice to have genuinely speedy deletions for once. --Closedmouth (talk) 14:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) ^demon[omg plz] 14:13, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of page[edit]

Hi

Please can you tell me why the page SNO!zone has been deleted? When there are similar pages for Chill Factore.

Emmadarvill28 (talk) 14:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)ThanksEmmadarvill28 (talk) 14:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chill Factore has a level of notability (record lengths, etc). ^demon[omg plz] 14:17, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

a level of notability?! record lengths? as in the length of the slope? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmadarvill28 (talkcontribs) 14:19, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes ^demon[omg plz] 14:20, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

it was noted for SNO!zone what the lengths? and the info for chill factore is not correct, as Braehead has a slope length of 200m Emmadarvill28 (talk) 14:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:PJSta1.JPG Commons duplicate[edit]

I've been trying to get some former images replaced with a duplicates that are now in the commons. Unfortunatley you removed the tag for Image:PJSta1.JPG. I know that the .jpg and .JPG file extensions aren't 100% identical, but that's only because the original version was capitalized somehow. It's still a duplicate. ----DanTD (talk) 15:04, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed :-) ^demon[omg plz] 12:12, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know it's a couple of days late, but thanks. ----DanTD (talk) 03:18, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you recently speedily deleted this image and in your explanation stated that I, the uploader, was informed of this. I was not - please could you tell me why not? Wolf of Fenric (talk) 21:11, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And the same with Image:K-9 Mark IVSJA.jpg and Image:DaveyBaneSJA.jpg. Wolf of Fenric (talk) 21:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

[[[Crucial Conversations]]][edit]

You just speedied this as spamm--perhaps you didn't notice it was a NYT best seller, which typically means there is a core of material it can be improved ito an informative article. Please resore. I know I can do it myself, but I want to ask you firstDGG (talk) 18:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't notice. Read like yet-another-spam-article. Restored it and the image. ^demon[omg plz] 18:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I will go there now and improve it a little. DGG (talk) 19:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MatchWare[edit]

You recently deleted the MatchWare article on the grounds that it did not establish notability. Fair enough - it didn't. I am currently adding resources to that effect to the articles about the company's products, which are part of DiDA (see this) and Curriculum Online (see this) packages. Is that enough? --Cygnuz (talk) 13:44, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited...[edit]

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Image copyright problem with Image:Fulham crest.jpg[edit]

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Go ahead and nuke it, whomever. Just uploaded because of OTRS stuff awhile back. ^demon[omg plz] 02:44, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki entry of CSpace[edit]

Can you elaborate as to what you mean by 'software of dubious notability' regarding deletion of the article about CSpace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSpace)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.167.111.226 (talk) 18:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ssola user[edit]

I have an unifiquited account with the name ssola but this name is inabaliable in english for a user that seems not existing really. Can you delete his account?? Answer me in *[15]. Thanks.--217.125.234.167 (talk) 18:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Akbar S. Ahmed[edit]

Hello,

My first and only time using wikipedia was in Aug/Sept of 2007. My interest was "Akbar S. Ahmed". I'd like to speak with you regarding why this page was deleted. Why can I not locate the history of changes prior to Feb 2008?

I'd like to begin work on this page again and would like to have open contact with you. My intent is to add information in a legitimate, informative and respectful manner. If I someone add information that is not allowed (I have looked at the biographies of persons rules) that I completely understand and respect that it will be removed. But to remove an entire page? Delete its entire history? I am confused about this. I hope that people can look at my work and add and deleted accordingly- not delete an entire page....

Sincerely, Kate

2 B RIGHT (talk) 17:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ^demon[edit]

Could you help point me in the correct direction. As, Joewurzelbacher2010 has been deleted (while I was in the process of writing the article), do you know where I may get a copy of the article that was partly constructed (the copy that was deleted) so that I may work on it to complete it and then resubmit it in the future when it is ready? Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 11:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Demon, Ism asked my help on this. Under what provision of WP:CSD did you delete it? Not t hat I think it would make a good article by itself, but I can see no relevant possible provision of speedy. A7-web was the latest tag placed on it--but it is not web content, in any sense I understand the term. It's a political campaign. I really think you should simply restore it, and then either propose a merge or send it to AfD, or persuade the ed. to withdraw it. Iwill of course userify it for him if you do not, but I hink this was a misuse of speedy. DGG (talk) 03:09, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Go ahead and userify it, I just hadn't gotten to it yet. I'd be willing to argue that the "Web Content" CSD would apply here. It's a random Blogger-setup site by some fanboy of Joe the Plumber (I won't even get into the debate over him...), nothing more. ^demon[omg plz] 14:26, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another 4chan death hoax, and, despite the consensus previously reached on WP:AN, no one will block or even protect the damn page.—Kww(talk) 02:06, 3 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Savoy undelete[edit]

Hi -- Sorry about that. I'm still feeling my way around and I do appreciate your comments. I made some more detailed and specific comments on the undelete page - I wonder if I could bother you to take a look and see if that modifies your opinion? I thought I was redoing this properly this time, and I'd hate to have all this work go down the drain (in particular since the guy's book changed my life), and would be interested in any suggestions you might have. I thought the media list looked impressive - is it not impressive, or am I just formatting it wrong again? I really appreciate your time.Camera123456 (talk) 21:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments again...I'm just curious. What would be notable? I looked over the guidelines and it seems like Dr Phil, Fox News, FHM, Maxim, Globe and Mail, Radar, The Pickup Artist, The Game, and the dozen or so more minor sources and profiles (most of which are about Savoy specifically, not general interest stories) would be notable. Am I missing something? I would love any feedback you might have.Camera123456 (talk) 22:38, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A question[edit]

Hey, not sure if you are right person, but you are admin so I will ask you. Can you please do something about Montenegrin related articles on Wikipedia. On every page Serbs edit it and put "Serbian" language, even though official language is Montenegrin, and not Serbian. Can you please help us, as there is no limit of Serbian aggression, even on Wikipedia. And it will show that Wikipedia respects every country constitution. Thanks for reading, I hope I will get answer from you.

Best regards, Rave92

Rave92 (talk) 17:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image:EuroBeech.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:EuroBeech.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Calliopejen1 (talk) 03:36, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting undeletion[edit]

Hi! I was wondering if you could restore the edit history of an article you deleted, Pharaun Mizzrym, so that its content is accessible to anyone who might take the time to merge it or clean up the article. For now you could make the article into a redirect to War of the Spider Queen#Characters. Thank you. -Drilnoth (talk) 14:08, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have deleted Image:M109BREECH.JPG, because it was available on Commons. Please tell me if the licence was GFDL with or without disclaimers.
Thanks --D-Kuru (talk) 17:39, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I need the same information for:
Image:Xenon short-arc bulb.jpg
Image:GLCM Duxford.JPG
Image:1622543 9777f49991 o.jpg
Thanks --D-Kuru (talk) 18:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Past Northcott Theatre Company Productions page - deleted[edit]

Hi

I spent quite a bit of time formatting the list of past Northcott Theatre productions for Wikipedia after it was removed from the corporate Exeter Northcott (as it's now known) website. I was disappointed to discover it's been deleted. Why was this done? The list is an important list of the theatre's past shows and has no commercial value, but a great deal of educational, historical and research value. Could you reconsider?

Thanks

Jon Primrose Former Northcott Theatre webmaster —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonprimrose (talkcontribs) 21:01, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nick Savoy Review[edit]

Hi ^demon,

I've been working on a biography and I could use some feedback on the page. You were one of the administrators who responded to the DRV of Nick Savoy and I would like your honest feedback on the article. I've followed the guidelines of WP:BIO but I'm not sure if everything is fine. If you have time to review it, I would really appreciate that. The page in question is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Coaster7/Nick_Savoy.

Thanks in advance. Coaster7 (talk) 00:34, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of James Matador[edit]

An article that you have been involved in editing, James Matador, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Matador. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Handrem (talkcontribs) 03:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Um I've never edited the article in my life (check the history). It's a piece of crap and should probably be deleted though. I still haven't figured out this "seduction community" or whatever the hell it is. {{subst:User:^demon/sig}} (talk)

DC Meetup Events: You're invited![edit]

Wikipedia Loves Art! (February 27)

The Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a Wikipedia Loves Art! meetup on Friday, February 27 from 5-7 pm in the Kogod Courtyard. This is a photography event involving Wikipedians, along with Flickr users and others, to generate content for Wikipedia. Come share your experiences, meet the other teams, and take some photos! While RSVPing isn't necessary drop Jeff Gates an email if you're planning on attending so he can get a head count: gatesj (at) si.edu. There also is a signup list here, along with detailed information. The museum is conveniently located across from the Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station.

DC 6th Meetup (March 7)

The DC 6th meetup will take place on March 7th at Pizzeria Uno's at Union Station, one level up from the main floor. The meetup will start at 5pm, and people usually stick around there for several hours. You can RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 6.


This has been an automated because you your name was on the invite list. BrownBot (talk) 16:15, 21 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that it's discrepant on Special:Contributions as well. -- Mentifisto 16:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You could use some CSS on Special:Contributions if it really bothers you, I suppose. My main point in that edit was that it is completely out of sync with Special:SpecialPages, where it not only looks completely wrong, it also shuffles the page to the bottom of the list (instead of near the top where it belongs). ^demon[omg plz] 13:08, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've Undeleted a delete of yours[edit]

I've undeleted Western Air, which you deleted in Nov 2007. It's the largest airline on that island, providing what some may call an essential service. Wikipedia:Notability (Transportation) notes that "Commercial airlines offering services to the public are notable". Admittedly this is not an official guideline, but it's served the airline project well in the past. You're welcome to AfD the article, this may or may not set more precedent one way or the other for future deletion questions. Thanks. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 01:04, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't really care one way or the other. Article still sucks as-is. I removed the uncited bit about narcotics trafficking, pending a source from somebody. ^demon[omg plz] 15:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Fulham crest.jpg)[edit]

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Auto-confirmed user[edit]

I would like to be promoted to an uploader or auto-confirmed user so I may upload photos on wikipedia for pages without images.I have man images but can not upload them onto Wikipedia until I am promoted. I am a participants in heroes wiki and other wikis that do not need to be promoted in order to upload images.So if you can I would like to be promoted.

Ps.please reply on my talk page please.


(Ashz22 (talk) 01:03, 26 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Deleted Image[edit]

The image CantrII.jpg was deleted on June 22, 2007. This was being used for the page Cantr II which was deleted. This page is being recreated at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Junesun/Cantr_II I would like to have this page recreated very soon, with this image. I don't know if you can "undelete" an image, but is it okay if I make a new image for CantrII.jpg for the page? Also, any advice you have about the Cantr II page would be appreciated. Joshuamonkey (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: How to edit a page, Picture tutorial, How to write a great article, Naming conventions, Manual of Style. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! BTW, you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. If you use four, you can add a datestamp too. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! GreenReaper (talk) 01:07, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You read my blog. Hehe. ^demon[omg plz] 01:46, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, wb!!! KillerChihuahua?!? 14:05, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fool's question[edit]

Sorry if this may bother you, but isn't it supposed in a XHTML site that always there is a space before close a "single" tag. I have checked the HTML code of Wikipedia and I have noticed a couple of wrong codelines. See: <div id="f-copyrightico"><a href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/"><img src="/images/wikimedia-button.png" border="0" alt="Wikimedia Foundation"/></a></div>

There should be a space before the slash, just like this:...media Foundation" />... So, is it an error of the software? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.93.144.13 (talk) 04:56, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is no requirement for there to be a space before the slash in those sorts of tags. Some developers choose to use it, some don't. ^demon[omg plz] 13:24, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-Conference New York Update: 3 weeks to go[edit]

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question about Wikipedia Sitemap (for search engines)[edit]

The subject of how the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) index Wikipedia has come up in this RFC: Should Google index User Pages and in particular: "quality" in different name-spaces may be different. I was wondering if there if a Sitemap is defined for Wikipedia, and if it is somewhere where it can be viewed? If not, how are the priorities of the main sections set up? Thanks for any information you can give me. -stmrlbs|talk 19:45, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion[edit]

Hello there! You recently deleted my new article on the grounds that I did not express why it was important or relevant. I apologize for this, for I was under the impression that if I left the under construction tag on the page, I could continue working on it without worrying about deletion for some time. I will re-create the article, this time only saving it when I feel the importance of the subject of the page is expressed clearly. Thank you, and have a nice day.

Matt Pokematt710 (talk) 15:29, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NED Comics[edit]

If I'm understanding the situation correctly, someone finally created the article for NED Comics as a redirect to Yotsuba&!, and this was speedy deleted as an implausible redirect -- as it should have been, as that's far from the only comic/manga NED publishes. If this correct, why are you removing the previously existing redlinks to a publisher no one has gotten around to creating a real article for? —Quasirandom (talk) 17:05, 24 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There has been an ongoing onslaught of vandalism to this page. I've been trying to fix it, but it keeps coming, about once every day. Is there a way to block users other than myself (as I am adding correct information) from editing so that this will stop? I don't know if that's appropriate action, but what should be done? Kevinbrogers (talk) 18:28, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit to the Main Page[edit]

Hello, in your recent edit to the Main Page you correctly added padding:2px 5px to the content box (not title box) of the "In the news" section, but you forgot to add the same code to the content box of the "Today's featured article" section. This resulted in the TFA box lacking padding, which can be noticed especially on the left-hand side (check it out). Please fix. Piy2 (talk) 08:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. ^demon[omg plz] 13:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
wtf is this supposed to be?

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Deleted Image CantrII[edit]

I posted this on your talk page a while back but haven't received an answer and your talk page has been cleared since then:

"The image CantrII.jpg was deleted on June 22, 2007. This was being used for the page Cantr II which was deleted. This page is being recreated on Junesun's wikipedia profile. I would like to have this page recreated very soon, with this image. I don't know if you can "undelete" an image, but is it okay if I make a new image for CantrII.jpg for the page? Also, any advice you have about the Cantr II page would be appreciated. Joshuamonkey (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)"

Thanks Joshuamonkey (talk) 21:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done ^demon[omg plz] 14:08, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A Request For Advice[edit]

It is my understanding that you are a mediator emeritus. If that is true, (and assuming, of course, that you are able and willing to help me) then I would like to request from you any advice that you might have in regard to becoming a mediator. I like to believe that I have the temperament for such a duty.
Respectfully yours,
--NBahn (talk) 16:01, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I really don't have any great advice :p Personally, I don't think I was ever really good at it...I was better at being the chairman and helping to coordinate the various activities, not the actual mediation itself. You'd probably be better off asking an active mediator. Sorry I can't be of any more help. ^demon[omg plz] 19:29, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Omidyarian self-promotion[edit]

By any chance, was your recent edit activity inspired by something you found here? Just curious to see if the work of the Internet Review Corporation may be useful to certain Wikipedians. -- Thekohser 19:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can say that the blog post caused me to take a look at the article. I saw a lot of extra redlink cruft that I thought would look nicer cleaned up :) ^demon[omg plz] 13:12, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of profile[edit]

Hello, I left you a msg. on or @ the 20th of August and have not yet had a response.

It was, apparently, discovered that the profile was not licensed. AT the time of original submission of profile, licensing was not, required.

I did not submit original profile and ask that you please reinstate it, until the originators choose their license.

There was no mention of a license needed for the entire profile, so we were unaware of that requirement.

Please respond to me at nell.okie@gmail.com

Thank you

Jespah (talk) 03:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the page because it was a clear copyright violation from an external site. We can't use other people's text (even if they don't claim copyright) because all text contributed here needs to be under a free license. Unless it was explicitly released under a free license (which I find no evidence that it was) then the page can not be reinstated as it was. You're more than welcome to write a fresh article using reliable external sources if you would like. ^demon[omg plz] 17:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request of VMAsNYC[edit]

Hello ^demon. VMAsNYC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you have blocked, is requesting to be unblocked. The request for unblock is on hold while waiting for a comment from you. Regards,  —  Tivedshambo  (t/c) 05:28, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on VMAsNYC talk page. ^demon[omg plz] 18:34, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Open to Recall[edit]

I note that your admin privileges are open to recall. I would like to suggest that your admin privileges be recalled/revoked. Your block of me, which has since been lifted, was innappropriate, overly hasty, and lacked sufficient consideration/research. It was also needlessly disruptive, which is not good for Wikipedia. First, a simple google search would have revealed that my name was the only instance of such a name on google. Even your name, as I have pointed out, is more similar to ongoing companies such as Demon, Inc., than is mine. Second, you could have asked me questions if you had any rather than take the harsh step to block me. Third, if you had looked at my edits, you would have noted that there was nothing innappropriate about them, and you would also have seen that another admin made me a confirmed user right before your block because a) my edits were constructive, and b) I had some time-sensitive edits to make. Fourth, you failed to delineate your reason in your block, only putting the template on my page, leaving the other admin who was seeking to lift the block to have wait -- further delay -- for you to indicate what your reason had been. All in all, your use of your admin privileges in my particular case were an example of poor exercise of powers, without sufficient thought, dialogue, explanation, and researc before exercise, resulting in a disservice to me and to Wikipedia.--VMAsNYC (talk) 20:09, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PLEASE RESPOND!!![edit]

Hello, thank you for your response.

I was informed that the copyright holder submitted a license on Thursday, 3 September, PM, and wonder when the profile will be reinstated.

Many thanks,


Jespah (talk) 21:39, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PLEASE RESPOND!!![edit]

PLEASE!!!

SECOND MESSAGE

on 3 sept. license was submitted for John Prendergast bio. when will it appear on wiki? thank you

69.0.74.42 (talk) 14:08, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

hii[edit]

i have one icon like that ten pence.i have in my hand's right now.do you won't in?are you interesting in that? call in this number.+355694532805. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.91.125.5 (talk) 13:47, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]